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Mark @gravelguy.bsky.social · 8h

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

If Democrats *don’t* try to make anti-corruption their focus and deliver real reforms, what will happen to their party—and to what’s left of American democracy? www.thebulwark.com/p/anti-corru...

How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 Today in Portland, large groups peacefully gathered to unite against hate and oppression. 1/2

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ashli @swiftinspires.swifties.social · 8h

🚨 l In a historic achievement, every song from ‘The Life of A Showgirl now exceeds 50 million streams on Spotify—a milestone reached in less than seven days, making it the quickest album ever to do so!
“Honey was the last track to cross the 50 million mark.

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Shastina Free @evolvegracefully.bsky.social · 4h

⚡️🙏⚡️EVERYONE!
#FightFascism
#AntiFascist

PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THIS TEACHER AND HIS FAMILY

Thank You ✨💙✨🇺🇸✨
@mark-bray.bsky.social
Thank You #CNN for covering
this story!

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 7h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 12h

"I share the desire of my beloved predecessor that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5h

NEW: In federal court Thursday, some information about Texas’ secretive redistricting process started to come into focus as Republican leadership took the stand.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

The Trump administration: I went to Portland, and all I got was this dancing inflatable chicken.

@willsommer.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social on Trump's scary, and fake, Antifa crackdown:

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Maria Ressa @mariaressa.bsky.social · 15h

Pope Leo urges news outlets not to ‘sell out’ for click-bait www.rappler.com/world/global... via @rappler.com.web.brid.gy

Pope Leo urges news outlets not to 'sell out' for click-bait

On the use of artificial intelligence tools, Pope Leo asks reporters to fight against 'junk' information and to help people recognize fact from fiction

www.rappler.com

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 7h

To be clear, Bad Bunny is ALL AMERICAN.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 4h

[Prof. Mark Bray and family finally made it out of the U.S. tonight. 🙏🏼. Gift link!]

NYT: Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

By Sharon Otterman

Rutgers Expert on Antifa Flees to Spain After Death Threats

www.nytimes.com

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15h

It's happening.

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Anti-Trumpism @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social · 10h

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America-The Republic of Suffering @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 4h

I will not stop posting this:Fake police,ICE INCELS,Cowards,Eunuchs,Fascist Terrorists.They are thugs:tactics of Gestapo,Stasi,KGB,Stalinś NKVD, Putinś FSB. inhuman barbarians. Inside the FascistHouse (WhiteHouse)calling the shots. find out who they are. And destroy..pogroms are next?

America-The Republic of Suffering @iampilgrim.bsky.social · 4h

I will not stop posting this:Fake police,ICE INCELS,Cowards,Eunuchs,Fascist Terrorists.They are thugs:tactics of Gestapo,Stasi,KGB,Stalinś NKVD, Putinś FSB. inhuman barbarians. Inside the FascistHouse (WhiteHouse)calling the shots. find out who they are. And destroy..pogroms are next?

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Phoenix Wise & The Resistance @phoenixwise.bsky.social · 21h

Release the Epstein Files!
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Now!!!
#TrumpPedoFiles

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Madz @madz123.bsky.social · 19h

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 6h

PHOTOS OF ANTIFA IN ACTION:
My uncle Albert MacNeil (bottom second from right) with the Cape Breton Highlanders just before they busted through the impregnable "Hitler line."
Canadians come from a long and proud line of fascist fighters.

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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 4h

As if you needed more proof this guy has lost his fucking mind.

Trump is murdering people in international waters and sending the National Guard from Red States into Portland and Chicago to assist his ICE thugs in their quest to brutalize women, children and clergy.
www.rawstory.com/fetterman-tr...

John Fetterman: 'I'll be the Democrat leading the committee' for Trump's Nobel Prize

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) offered to be the "Democrat leading the committee" to campaign for President Donald Trump to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.On Thursday, Fox News host Aishah Hasnie asked Fe...

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 1d

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 12h

If you crossed Judge Dredd with The Three Stooges, you'd get ICE under Trump 2.0

Sam Stein: A Bunch of Violent Keystone Cops

ICE and other armed federal agents are doing their best to incite violence in blue cities so they can help Trump realize his unfulfilled dream from 2020 to impose a military crackdown.

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 11h

Fredericksburg, Virginia
NO KINGS FXBG VA
Saturday, October 18

TCarlson @tcw123.bsky.social · 4d

#NoCrowns
#NOKINGS
#Virginia
Fredericksburg Virginia
NO KINGS FXBG VA
Saturday, October 18
11am – 1pm EDT
Corner of William Street &
Blue and Gray Parkway
1516 William St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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NO KINGS FXBG VA · Mobilize

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 5h

I absolutely love #Portland — and I hope we see protest costumes spread wherever #trump invades.

A painting of the Portland Frog, standing calmly with a blue scarf in protest, facing a line of heavily armored ICE agents holding guns and shields, set against a hazy background.

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